CVE-2026-40565 FreeScout has Stored XSS / CSS Injection via linkify() — Unescaped URL in Anchor href

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.213, FreeScout's linkify function in app/Misc/Helper.php converts plain-text URLs in email bodies into HTML anchor tags without escaping double-quote characters " in the URL. HTMLPurifier called first via...